wormlike.

Having a long, limbless shape or moving in a soft, wriggling way.

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Words that belong together

• a wormlike creature
• wormlike movement

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A wormlike movement passed beneath the membrane before the surface became still.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Comparative more wormlike; superlative most wormlike when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, atmosphere. Commonness: moderately common.